Discouragement

If this article is correct, 15 people speaking out for single payer healthcare were arrested at a Senate round table discussion on the topic. An excerpt:

The protestors were stoic and respectful but direct. One by one they stood. One by one they asked why single payer reform was not “at the table” of 15 witnesses Senator Max Baucus and his finance Committee gathered to map out what sort of coverage Americans might expect in the Senate reform bill now being crafted. Sen. Baucus eventually spoke and indicated that he was respectful of those who believe in single payer – as he acknowledged many of his constituents in Montana do – but he made no attempt to explain why no single payer voice has been included in any Senate discussion to date. He urged any others in the audience who might have any designs on speaking up like the protestors did to not do so, and then he moved on to his round table discussion.

Karen Ignagni, head of the group American Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), got a seat at the table. But why didn't these 15 people, and why were they arrested?

It's things like this that make me sick. If you can explain why these people were taken out, then please do, because I'm puzzled.